Mugabe and Me
From bonding over jokes about Jesuit teachers to becoming a persona non grata, David Smith recalls his relationship with Robert Mugabe
Carlos and Me
Following Carlos Menem’s recent passing, David Smith remembers his relationship with the bold and cunning politician
The Donald and me
In July 2005 Donald Trump became my best, new friend
Gambling with the numbers
A new survey of problem gamblers has serious problems of its own
Questioning “Kemi’s” comments
What Steerpike did not say
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?
A new low for women’s sport
The International Olympic Committee has disgraced itself
Setting ourselves on fire
Multiculturalism has created fractured communities where nobody cares
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
Alexandre de Moraes is no hero
Don’t make X an ex-X
Contra Hitchens on the election
It was reasonable not to vote to prevent a Labour majority
A full Platée
A daring production of a daring work
A bore film
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is not just ahistorical, it is dull
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform
